Boreray Pullover

The Queen of the Waves Hand Knitwear Design Collection by Alice Starmore

Boreray Pullover and Marina Set patterncard kit designs and Am Baile woven wrap by Alice Starmore in Hebridean 2 Ply yarn

Description

Small – Underarm 88.75cm. Length 47cm.
Medium – Underarm 97.75cm. Length 48cm.
Large – Underarm 106.5cm. Length 49.5cm.
X Large – Underarm 115.5cm. Length 51.5cm.
XX Large – Underarm 124.5cm. Length 53cm.

This kit includes a colour-printed pattern card with full instructions in all sizes and all the Alice Starmore™ 2 Ply Hebridean yarn required to make the Boreray Pullover in your chosen size and colours. It is a stranded, two-colour design with the body worked in the round with steeks at the armholes and neck. The sleeves are worked separately, with cuffs worked back and forth in rows. The completed cuffs are joined into the round for working to the underarm, then the set-in sleeve caps are worked back and forth in rows. Twenty two buttons are required for the deep ribbed cuffs and these are not included in the kit. The Boreray Pullover is shown here is a Background Colour of Sea Anemone and a Contrast Colour of Driftwood. This design can be made in a choice of any two of our available shades of Hebridean 2 Ply. The Boreray Pullover is shown here with the Hirta Hat Set and the Dun Cuff. It is also shown with the Marina Hat Set and Am Baile Woven Wrap.

Click here for a digital shadecard of all Hebridean 2 Ply colours.

Visit our Video Tutorials section for tutorials on a variety of knitting techniques to help you with your projects. The Boreray Pullover is the ideal project for the intermediate or advance knitter. The 1/1 rib and detailing of the sleeve cuff require patience and care and are an excellent way of developing construction and finishing skills.

£91.00 – £121.00

Size

Background Colour

Contrast Colour

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UK Delivery

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This scale reflects the fact that larger orders will weigh more and will go in separate boxes. All of our UK parcels are sent by Royal Mail 1^st Class. Shipping times within the UK are 2-3 days on average.

Please contact us if you wish to make an order over the value of £650.

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Purchase Information

Our pattern-inclusive kits are made up in skeins of varying weight, according to the amounts required for each project. Every project on our website has been knitted here at Virtual Yarns, so we know precisely how much yarn is required to make them. Each kit contains that amount plus an extra 8 per-cent more yarn. This is enough yarn to knit a swatch and the project, PROVIDED THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE FOLLOWED FOR THE SIZE ORDERED. The extra 8 per-cent allows reasonable leeway for knitter error. Kits are made up by hand to order, and each yarn amount is carefully weighed.

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Sizing

The knitted measurements given are of the finished design when it has been knitted with the tension stated in the pattern instructions.

The range of sizes available depends on the individual design. For garments such as pullovers, cardigans, vests and jackets, use the underam measurement to determine the size you require. The underarm measurement is the finished width around the entire garment, measured under the arms. For a garment with a front fastening, such as a cardigan, the finished underarm is given when the front bands are overlapped and the garment is fastened.

To determine which size is required, use the actual chest/bust measurement, which should be measured straight across the back, under the arms and over the fullest part of the chest/bust.

Then add one of the following measurements according to the type of fit you require:

For a close, body-hugging fit add 1 to 3cm to the actual chest/bust measurement.
For a standard fit add 5 to 8cm.
For a loose fit add 9 to 12cm.
For an oversize fit add upwards of 12cm.

The knitted length given for garments is measured from the top of the shoulder to the bottom of the hem.

Washing Instructions

Please note that all of our yarns are supplied washed and therefore do not require to be washed or fulled after knitting, unless you have an accident. Generally speaking, your garments should not require cleaning/washing any more than a coat would.

All of our designs are made with 100% pure new wool yarns and should be washed either by hand with pure soap in hand hot-water, or in a front loading washing machine which has a specific wool programme using a small amount of non-biological detergent. We do not recommend the use of any fabric softeners or any additives that will remain in the fabric after rinsing.

If hand washing, dissolve a small amount of pure soap flakes – or if using a pure soap bar, grate the required amount – into hand-hot water. Ensure that the soap has thoroughly dissolved before immersing the piece. Use a gentle squeezing motion to wash; do not cause any friction by rubbing or scrubbing as this will cause the fibres to felt. Gently squeeze out the excess soapy water and rinse well in warm water. It is important to remove as much excess water as quickly as possible as the longer moisture is left in wool yarn, the more likely it is to shrink or felt.

The best method for removing water is to spin in a washing machine, but if you prefer to remove the water by hand then gently squeeze the piece to remove the main water load and then lay the piece flat on towels and roll up, squeezing out as much water as possible into the towels. You will have to use several towels and repeat the process to remove as much moisture as you can.

Alternatively, spin to remove the excess water. If using a top loading machine it is important to place the piece in a suitable pillowcase (white cotton is best) so that it does not wrap around the spindle and become distorted. For both top-loading machines and front-loading machines, it is vitally important to remove from the spinner as soon as it has stopped: otherwise the piece can become permanently creased.

In all cases, dry flat on towels away from direct heat/sunlight, and smooth gently into shape. You can place small towels – or even better, cut and finish old towelling into the garment shapes, such as sleeves etc – and place inside the garment so that the two layers are separate. This will greatly help speed up drying process.

For straight, dropped-shoulder pullover styles, a woolly board is an excellent method of drying as the garment is placed on the board and dried to size allowing air to circulate inside. The board can also be used for cardigans in this style so long as you tack the front bands closed using a strong cotton thread, which you then carefully remove once the garment has dried. Glove boards can also be used for gloves which will allow them to dry in perfect shape.

The Boreray Pullover

The Boreray Pullover was inspired by a number of elements – the physical landscape, the birds, and the work of young women who spent the summer season on Boreray harvesting eggs. The island of Boreray rises like a gothic cathedral straight out of the ocean. Its northern and eastern faces present a magnificently terrifying aspect of vertical, pinnacled cliffs which make the dizzyingly steep slope of its south-western side seem almost benign by comparison. Reaching the bothies on this grassy slope (where the Queen of the Waves and her young friends camped on their hunting trips) involved death-defying feats of agility and courage. Their work harvesting eggs and birds on narrow cliff ledges, hundreds of feet high was no less daunting and so it was with all these thoughts in mind that Jade and I considered a garment that would be practical and spectacular in equal measure.

The deep two-colour ribs speak of the vertical nature of the landscape and they also provide an eminently practical fitted silhouette, much as the fisher gansies of the menfolk of the Hebrides did. The shaping of the fitted cuffs also allow the ribs to slant diagonally, echoing the striations in the cliffs. Jade created the dynamic pattern of gannets diving and rising to complete the scene. This is a garment that you can be sure will attract attention, whether you are scaling vertiginous cliffs or strolling along the high street.

Alice